First wave of Xbox One indies to launch in March 2014

The director of Xbox's indie developer programme, ID@Xbox has
announced that the first wave of indie offerings will hit the Xbox One early in
2014.

Chris Charla pegged the first round of releases in the first
quarter of the year in an comment to Edge.

"I think it will be early in the New Year, in the first three
months," said Charla. "I would say closer to the third month. In
terms of how many games there will be, it's hard to say, because
they're still in development."

ID@Xbox has attracted developers like Vlambeer, Capy and Double Fine but the fact that the games are
all still works in progress means Charla hasn't confirmed
particular studios and titles. Indeed, the "closer to the third
month" comment means we wouldn't be entirely surprised if the
releases ended up appearing on console early in the second quarter
instead.

The project already provides registered developers with access
to the Unity engine but, ultimately, Charla's goal with ID@Xbox
is to offer development tools to everyone with an Xbox One -- not
just those already interested in developing games -- "from coding a
game in C++, to someone who can't code at all using something like
Project Spark".